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used or done by a number of people as a group
a cooperative space project undertaken by Russia and the U.S.
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Recent Examples of cooperative
Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Hoping to avoid the nail-trimming headache, Johanna has been attempting cooperative care dog training.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The private community, which is run by a cooperative funded by the residents, consists of around 4,300 people living there year-round, with numbers swelling to 12,000 during the summer as the area is popular with New Yorkers who keep summer homes there.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
The cuts were in the Refugee Clinic, epidemiology, immunization cooperative agreements and COVID-19 studies, a project to address health disparities related to the coronavirus.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Apr. 2025
Hoping to avoid the nail-trimming headache, Johanna has been attempting cooperative care dog training.
—Jason D. Greenblatt, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Apr. 2025
Noun
There’s cooperatives that are spread out over miles.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The private community, which is run by a cooperative funded by the residents, consists of around 4,300 people living there year-round, with numbers swelling to 12,000 during the summer as the area is popular with New Yorkers who keep summer homes there.
—Mark Joseph, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cooperative
Noun
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Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Endowments are managed in a way that those organizations can rely on them for support in the here-and-now, but also far into the foreseeable future.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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One calendar year ago, coming off of that surprisingly competitive 2023-24 season, Briere cautioned against the group taking a collective step forward.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
18 Apr. 2025
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This is a moment to navigate the tension between personal will and collective belonging.—
Colin Bedell,
Them.,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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OpenAI’s partnership with Microsoft is evident with GPT-4.1 models being made available through Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service and integrated into developer tools like GitHub Copilot and GitHub Models.—
Janakiram MSV,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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Doral officials told the Miami Herald that the partnership with ICE is not intended to criminalize immigrants who live in Doral.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Legendary New York filmmaker Spike Lee has said his latest joint, Highest 2 Lowest, will debut Out of Competition at this year’s Cannes Film Festival despite being left off Thierry Frémaux’s list of Official Selection titles this morning.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Barrett is, of course, a far less explicitly political figure — and one whose current feelings about Trump are unknown, even though Trump loyalists have widely circulated a video of her as the president passed by her at his joint address to Congress last month.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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This includes more robust small business impact assessments, expanded export training and support, and greater engagement with industry associations that represent smaller firms.—
Natalie Madeira Cofield,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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The court’s order involved a technical legal assessment of the right, or standing, of several nonprofit associations to sue over the firings.—
Mark Sherman,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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While Moiraine communes with Siuan, Egwene warps between her friends’ fondest dreams.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
27 Mar. 2025
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Toddler Émile was last seen by two neighbors walking alone on a street in the commune of Le Vernet in the French Alps on July 8, 2023, per Le Monde.—
Becca Longmire,
People.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Martin and Fabry connected over a mutual friend in Ibiza two years ago, and instantly bonded.—
Sandra Salibian,
Footwear News,
9 Apr. 2025
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The mutual tariffs threaten to hurt domestic industries and are poised to result in layoffs.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The problem was that the vast majority of the consortium’s funding came from the fishing industry itself.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Removing one gold Mega Ball from the game will improve overall odds from 1:23 to 1:24, the lottery consortium said.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
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“Cooperative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cooperative. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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